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Mika Erik Tapio Sillanpää

Efficient Synthesis of Dihydropyrimidines Using a Highly Ordered Mesoporous Functionalized Pyridinium Organosilica

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  • Fatemeh Rajabi, Payame Noor University
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  • Mika Sillanpää
  • Christophe Len, PSL Research University
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  • Rafael Luque, University of Córdoba

A Brönsted acidic ionic solid pyridinium-functionalized organosilica network (PMO-Py-IL) was demonstrated to efficiently catalyse one-pot Biginelli condensation reaction. The green synthesis of 3,4-dihydro-2(H)-pyrimidinones (DHPMs) with high yield was carried out via one-pot three component condensation of β-dicarbonyls, aldehydes, and urea in the presence of a catalytic amount of PMO-Py-IL nanomaterial as an efficient nanocatalyst under solvent free conditions. Furthermore, the catalyst showed outstanding stability and could be easily separated and reused for at least ten reaction runs without significant loss of activity and product selectivity. The green protocol features simple set-up, cost-effectiveness, easy work-up, eco-friendly and mild reaction conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number350
JournalCatalysts
Volume12
Issue3
Number of pages10
ISSN2073-4344
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2022

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    Research areas

  • Biginelli reaction, Dihydropyrimidines, Pyridinium-functionalized organosilica, Reusable nanocatalyst

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